Beware the Binding Pose

February 12, 2015

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One of my favourites blogs, which I have mentioned in previous posts, is In the Pipeline, written by Derek Lowe. He…

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Cancer, Bad Luck and Press Releases…

January 26, 2015

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Everything started with a headline: “Most cancers are caused by bad luck – not bad judgement, says study” (Independent), and another:…

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Are cars becoming more innovative than drugs?

December 12, 2014

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For the first time in 10 years there is no pharmaceutical company among the three biggest R&D spenders! According to the…

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Lorcaserin approved

June 29, 2012

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Well, it is the first anti-obesity drug approved by the FDA in 13 years (last one was Roche’s Orlistat, marketed as Xenical…

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GalChimiApplus

December 1, 2011

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During the last CPhI in Frankfurt we officially presented our joint venture with Applus+ LGAI, christening it GalChimiApplus. This collaboration will…

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Number crunching

October 1, 2011

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The review selected for this issue is in fact what the J. Med. Chem. calls a ‘Perspective’ paper. To summarize, it…

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Challenging Chemistry

October 1, 2011

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Are medicinal chemists simple-minded? Have they forgotten how to synthesize molecules? Have they become lazy? If you think the answers to…

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Apologies and changes

September 1, 2011

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Well, it has been a long, long time. Issue 18 of the newsletter was published on April 1st, so you readers…

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The End of the World

September 1, 2011

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IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT Probably most of you are not familiar with this song by…

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Glasnost

November 1, 2010

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Last Year Figures If you have lived through the 80s you will probably remember this word. Another year is behind us…

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